Don’t worry, this iPhone case isn’t trying to sell you penis enhancement pills or some shitty D-Link product. Not that sort of spam. No, no. This case has much more depth. At least, as much depth as fake processed meat can have.
For only the true fake meat lover, the Spam iPhone case is pure processed fun.
Every year, around the end of November up until CES in January, PR flacks email me and other writers constantly, begging for them to stop by their booth at CES so they can show off some shitty product. There are exceptions of course and there are a few good PR people left thank goodness, but let me show you what I mean. The above image? That’s a screencap of what I woke up to this morning. Six emails in a row from one Les Goldberg from D-Link. Yes, the same D-Link that makes your shitty dorm room router.
This isn’t PR. This is a spam. You spammed me, douchebag, and now we’re going to spam you. Everyone, spammers included, may I present you with Les’ email address: les.goldberg@dlink.com. Got it? One more time: les.goldberg@dlink.com.
Email Les and tell him we don’t appreciate his spam nor his shitty company’s spam. The last time D-Link made a usable product? Never.
Apparently, people may have actually listened to Vince and sent out fake Vice Presidential pick announcements in advance of Barack Obama’s VP selection. Obama generated a lot of buzz for the decision by telling the press that he’d announce his choice via text messages and email blasts to his supporters.
Joe Biden was named as the Vice presidential candidate this morning, but before the news actually broke there were tons of hoax emails. CNN reports there were scams claiming that Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, and Kathleen Sebelius had been chosen. One of the e-mails came Friday morning from “obama08campaign@aol.com” and reached many prominent Washington reporters. I wonder if the pranksters behind these announcements were actually hoping to influence the selection process or if they just did it for the lulz.
As the Beijing games kick into high gear, Internet watchdogs are warning against a rise in Olympic spam. SANS Storm Center, an organization dedicated to monitoring and analyzing spam attacks and computer virus threats, says computer users can expect to receive spam emails with Olympics-themed subject lines and text encouraging readers to click external links where they can be asked to give out their personal information or hit with malware.
There’s already been one high profile incident of Olympic spam involving news update emails purporting to be from CNN that actually led to fake codec updates packed with a nasty Trojan. Personally, I don’t fall for any spam schemes that don’t promise nude pictures of Hollywood starlets, but all you sports fans out there should be on guard when perusing your inbox this week.
Spam is probably one of the top choices for peoples pet peeves, at least it is for us. The Spamhaus Project has compiled a list with detailed information of the 200 people and companies that control about 80% of all the spam on the net.
Us here at Gearfuse are encouraging you to revolt and take a stand. Send as much hate mail and spam related floods to these people as you can. Give them a taste of their own medicine. And we all know the only way to stop a disease is with a little bit of medication. Just please, no death threats. — Andrew Dobrow
